Betty Whitney

1757 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Betty Whitney
  Birth	16 Jul 1757	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	186 VI. Betty Whitney, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 16 July 1757; married, 11 Dec. 1783, at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury, to Jacob Lobdell,1 "of Courtlandt's Manor, N.Y.," son of Ebenezer and Deborah Lobdell, of North Salem, N.Y., where he was born about 1756 or 1757. They settled on a farm, about a mile north of the Episcopal Church in North Salem. The farm was, in 1874, owned by two of his grandsons, and the old thatched barn was still standing, more than a hundred years old. She died in North Salem, 8 May 1795, in the 37th year of her age, and was buried in the North Salem Cemetery, near the Episcopal Church, where her gravestone is still standing. He died in North Salem, 27 Feb. 1834, aet. 77, and was buried about ten rods from his wife, in the same cemetery. He had a second wife, Mary Morehouse,2 who died in North Salem, date unknown, and was buried in North Salem Cemetery. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and when Long Island was evacuated by the American army, he crossed at sunrise in the last boat. http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/phoenix/p0061-0065.html
  Person ID	I22341	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Richard Whitney,   b. 29 Mar 1722, Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 18 Nov 1772, Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Esther Clark,   b. Between 1722 and 1725   d. Apr 1810, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York (Age ~ 88 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1745	Ridgebury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  	From THE WHITNEY FAMILY OF CONNECTICUT, AND ITS AFFILIATIONS Stephen Whitney Phoenix (Available on Google books) (Page 28) Richard Whitney, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 29 Mary 1722; a farmer, married 18 Dec. 1745, at Ridgefield, ESTHER CLARK. They settled at Ridgebury, Conn., where he died 18 Nov. 1772, "aged about 50 years," according to the church record, while the town record says, 18 Nov 1773. She was married (second), 1 Jan 1777, at Ridgebury, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church, to Daniel Whitlock, of Wilton, in Norwalk, Conn. She died ___Apr. 1810, in Westmorland, New York.
  Family ID	F7739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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